Planter.



W.. W. HARRIS..

Y PLANTER.

APPLIOATION FILED NOV, 25, 1912.

Patented Feb. 2, 1915.

WITNESSES 9 907$] v INVENTOH m4 M s WMM Ill/Wm ATTORNEYS W15 NORRIS PETERS CO.. PHOTO-LIT'HQ, WASHINGTON, D. c,

W- I HA R S, F SPARTANBUR UTHCARO INA- PLANTER.

Specificationof Letters Patent.

P entcd h .91.51

Application filed-November 25, 1912. Serial No. 733,854.

Tolall'wb am it may concern:

Be it known; thatl, WILLIAM a citizen of: the United States, dent of Spartanburg, in the county of Spartanburg and State of South Carolina, have; invented a new and Improved Planter, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Myi-nvention hasfor its object toprovide a planter with means for mounting a. seed distributing wheel in a slot in the bottom of a hopper memberso ing wheel may be quickly removed.

The planter is provided with a hopper having a curved bottom with a slot through which the periphery, of a seed distributing wheel. is disposed, the; seed wheel. being secured to a shaft is rotated by a key which: has an. angular opening in which fitsan angular end of the shaft which projects through a slot in the seed distributing wheel, the key having projections engaging the seed distributing W. HARRIS,

wheel atthe slot and being held in position by a flange on the seed distributing: wheel. The seed distributing wheel may quickly be removed, so that another seed distributing wheel of. a slightly. diiferent a number of additional seed pockets, may be substituted, it being possible to remove the periphery of the seed distributing Wheel from within the slot in the hopper by permitting the angular endv of the shaft to move upward in the slot in the seed distributing wheel until the periphery of the seed distributing wheel is freed from the bottom of the hopper.

Still other objects of the invention will appear in the following complete specification, in which the preferred form of the invention is disclosed.

In the drawings similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the "iews, in which Figure l is a sectional View on the line 88 of Fig. 2; Fig. 2 is a plan View of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a sectional fragmentary view, showing the means for mounting the seed distributing drum, shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Fig. 4 is a perspective view in sections showing the seed distributing wheel; Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the key; and Fig. 6 is a transverse sectional view of Fig. 3.

I provide a hopper member 76, having supporting members 77, with bearings 78, for engaging the axle 6. The bottom of and a resi-v that the seed distribut.=

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shape or with this hopper memberTGis-curved at 79', and it has an opening 80 therein, in which the periphery 81 ofthe seed distributing wheel- 82; is adapted to move. There. are pockets 83 in. this seed distributing wheel 82, so that when-it rotates, the seed in the hopper mermberZGmay fall into these pockets, and with the: rotation. of the seed distributing wheel, 82, the seed contained in these pockets 83 will be deposited in the furrow. The: planter may be supplied with several ofthese seed distributing wheels 82,.each with pockets disposed at the desired distances apart, and of a predetermined size, so that, the desired amount of seed may be deposited in the furrow at. predetermined intervals. However, if desired, the pockets83: may be filled up with plaster of Paris, or similar material, so that they will serve to hold. only a. predetermined amount of seed. Within the hopper member 76 there isa' brush 8%, the bristles 85 of which engage that. portion of the periphery of the seed distributing wheel. 82 as it leaves-the open ing 80 in the curved bottom 79 of the. hop per. member 76. It will therefore. be seen that. the, bristles. 85 will prevent the seed from being. carried from the hopper member 76 except in the pockets 83.

he seed distributingwheel82is operated .inathe following manner: To the axle6 there 1s= secured. a. gear wheel. 86, which meshes with the gear wheel 87, secured to a. shaft 88,-journaled: in hearings in the 1 depending: lugs 89, secured to the hopper member 76. The end 9 O of the shaft 88 is angular, and is disposed in the slot 91 in the seed distributing wheel 82. There is also mounted on this square end 90 of the shaft 88, a

key 92, which fits snugly the end 90 of the shaft 88, to rotate with the said shaft, this key 92 also having extending portions 93, which are disposed in the ends of the slot 91. The key 92 is held centrally by the angular flange 82 on the seed distributing wheel 82. The key 92 is held to the end of the shaft 88 by a washer 90 and a screw 90". It will therefore be seen that the key 92 will be rotated by the shaft 88, and that by means of the extending portions 93 the key 92 will rotate the seed distributing wheel 82. The hopper member 6 is provided with a depending portion 94, with an orifice 95, in whichmay be secured, if desired, a seed spout, for conveying seed from the pockets 83 in the seed distributing when, a) the" hamm r 1 g wheel 82 a certain amount of play to adapt itself to irregularities in the casting. Or

1- narily rough but good casting will answer and it is unnecessary to work any other parts on a lathe in constructing the device.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent L'In a planter, a seed hopper having an opening, a feed wheel having a slot in its side and a periphery extending in the openr seed ing and provided with a pocket for receiving the seed, a shaft having an angular portion disposed in the slot, and means for holding the feed wheel on the angular portion of the shaft.

7 2. A seed feeding wheel having a slot, a shaft having an angular portion disposed in the slot, a key piece having an angular opening engaging the angular portion of the shaft, and a member disposed in the slot in the wheel.

3. In a planter, a hopper member having a bearing and an opening, a shaft journaled in the bearing and having an angular portion, a seed distributing Wheel having a ocket in its periphery the seed distributing wheel being disposed with its periphery in osition for rotating in the opening in the opper member, there being a slot in the distributing wheel in which the an- Gopies 01 this patent may be obtained for five cents each,

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shaft, and extending portions gularpgrtion of the shaft is normally disthe slot permitting the movement of the seed distributing wheel out of the opening in the hopper member, a key having an opening fitting the angular portion of the fitting the slot above and below the angular portion of the shaft for holding the seed distributing wheel in normal position.

42. In a planter, a seed hopper having an, opening, a feed wheel having a slot in its side and a periphery extending in the opening, and provided with pockets for feeding the seed, a shaft having an angular portion disposed in the slot, and means for holding the feed wheel loosely on the angular portion of the shaft.

5. In a planter, a hopper member having a bearing and an opening, a shaft journaled in the bearing and having an angular portion, a seed distributing Wheel having a pocket in its periphery, the seed distributing wheel being disposed with its periphery in position for rotating in the opening 0 the hopper, there being a slot in the seed distributing wheel in which the angular portion of the shaft is normally disposed, the slot permitting the movement of the seed distributing wheel out of the opening in the hopper member, a circular key having an opening fitting the angular portion of the shaft and extending portions fitting the slot and a circular flange on the seed distributing wheel for holding the key in a normal position.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM W. HARRIS.

Witnesses:

J. K. STUCKEY, Jnssn W. BOYD.

by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. 0. 

